Aeroflot Flight 811

Aeroflot Flight 811

Accident
Date	24 August 1981
Summary	Mid-air collision
Site	70 km (43.8 mls) E of Zavitinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) 50°01′10″N 130°28′00″E / 50.01944°N 130.46667°E / 50.01944; 130.46667
Total fatalities	37
Total injuries	1
Total survivors	1
First aircraft
An Aeroflot An-24RV similar to the accident aircraft
Type	Antonov An-24RV
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-46653
Flight origin	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS)
Stopover	Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airport (KXK)
Destination	Blagoveshchensk Airport (BQS/UHBB)
Passengers	27
Crew	5
Fatalities	31
Injuries	1
Survivors	1
Second aircraft
A Tu-16K similar to the accident aircraft
Type	Tupolev Tu-16K
Operator	Soviet Air Forces
Registration	07514 (call sign)
Flight origin	Zavitinsk air base
Destination	Zavitinsk air base
Crew	6
Fatalities	6
Survivors	0

Aeroflot Flight 811 was a scheduled Soviet domestic passenger flight from Komsomolsk-on-Amur to Blagoveshchensk that collided mid-air on 24 August 1981 with a Tupolev Tu-16K strategic bomber over Zavitinsky District in Amur Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). The collision between Aeroflot's Antonov An-24RV and Tupolev Tu-16K occurred at an altitude of 5,220 metres (17,130 ft), killing 37 people on both aircraft. The sole survivor, 20-year-old passenger Larisa Savitskaya from Antonov An-24RV, was rescued on the third day after the accident.